This week I reached 500 blessings, on my way to one thousand gifts.
497.
quiet
rainy
day
498.
pen made with recycled material
499.
boat on the water (this was probably a barge – looked nice in the late day sun)
500.
sun on the
waves
501.
Washing dishes –
warm water &
fresh air from
open window
(today)
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The illustrations are from The Dover Design Sampler, Dover Publications. They are samples from the book, Plants: 2,400 Royalty-Free Illustrations of Flowers, Trees, Fruits and Vegetables.
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 
fine post, more blessings for those who articulate the fate of the oppressed everywhere, keep it up, amen
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Love the blessings, love the concept, love the book!
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501 hits a resonate cord!
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So gentle and such a blessing this post is. You have me going through my day counting my blessings and joys too . . .even if they are quite different from someone else’s. God bless you, Ellen!
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Good ones we can all agree are blessings.
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Lovely blessings.
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Thank you all and many blessings . . .
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It so helps to write the blessings down, the things that make us smile. I do it each day in my journal. Each day the things I am thankful for. It is important to me.
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Thank you. When I began again with my journal, it was interesting to reread old journals and rediscover blessings – and also the wonderful way some things repeat. I love the early hours. There are some things that are constants through many changes.
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Lovely illustrations! So, Ellen: What’s the goal — to document 500 blessings? And then? How does that get you to one thousand gifts? Just check out site but I think I’m missing something.
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Thank you. I began writing posts about my gratitude journal in December 2012, after reading Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts. Every so often I share some of my journal blessings here. The blog and the journal seem to work together.
500 blessings means I’ve reached the half-way point towards the goal of one thousand blessings (gifts) – writing them down.
The link for Ann’s site is http://onethousandgifts.com.
Thanks again, Ellen
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I like the idea. I think I’ll try to start a gratitude journal. Thanks for the explanation, link and inspiration! 🙂
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